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Berkshire Museum Announces Festival of Trees Winter Program

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Museum's Festival of Trees returns to the museum this November with the them "Let's Play!" This annual festive tradition sees the museum host dozens of trees decorated by local organizations, businesses, and individuals, all inspired by that year's concept. This year's theme explores how play inspires learning, strengthens community, and celebrates creativity and self-expression, reflecting the many ways it enriches people's lives, stated a press release.

Pittsfield, MA · 1d

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East Hartford man thought he was joining a reality show. Then he walked into a real jail.

“When I walked into that intake room, I knew it was real… That’s when it hit me — ‘You’re in prison, you’re not getting out'," Joshua Padilla said.

East Hartford, CT · 2d

theberkshireedge.com

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THEN & NOW: Dempsey Auto Sales in Great Barrington

The building that housed the Gulf gas station shown above still stands, in a different form. It is now Dempsey Auto Sales on Stockbridge Road, at the intersection with Route 183. A gas station first operated on this site in the 1920s, when it was Seward Doty’s filling station. By 1940 it was Arthur Goodell’s filling station and tourist cabins. By the early 1950s, the site was home to George Zecher’s Linden Tree Gulf gas station and tourist cabins. In the circa 1957 photograph shown above, additional advertising signs promote S&H Green Stamps and a “Life of Riley” TV show contest. In the late 1950s and the 1960s, Harry Billings operated an auto repair business here.

Great Barrington, MA · 12h
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The Magical Massachusetts Railway Museum That Turns Even The Most Serious Adults Into Wide-Eyed Kids Again

There are places in this world that have a way of reaching right past your adult defenses and finding the kid you used to be, and Chester Railway Station and Museum in Chester, Massachusetts is absolutely one of them. You might think you’re too sophisticated for a railway museum in...

Chester, MA · 5d
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THEATER REVIEW: ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ plays at the Majestic Theater through Nov. 29

Majestic Theater in West Springfield, Mass. Eight talented actors make up the cast of this farcical comedy. On a set designed by Daniel David Rist, with six doors defining two rooms in a very blue Cleveland hotel suite, the company play out the story of a single night at the Opera House, where a visiting celebrity is singing the title role in “Pagliacci.” Through a series of errors, the singer is presumed dead and must be replaced at the last minute. Comedy ensues.

West Springfield, MA · 2d

wheninyourstate.com

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Farmington, Connecticut hides a mansion full of Monet, Degas, and one wild survival story

You step out of the car in Farmington, Connecticut, and the driveway does the work for you. Stone walls line the approach, and at the top of the hill sits a white clapboard house that looks like it never left 1901. Inside wait paintings by Monet and Degas, hanging in living rooms instead of gallery halls.

Farmington, CT · 3d

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Mic’d Up: Gary Gulman gets close to perfect in Northampton

We’re coming up on Friday the 13th, and Gary Gulman is rolling in with a seven in his back pocket. Either things are about to get biblical real quick, or we’re about to have a very lucky night on our hands in Northampton. Making his way to Western...

Northampton, MA · 2d

ruralintelligence.com

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David Lane’s Puppet Adaptation of Zola’s “The Belly of Paris” Premieres at The Adams Theater

North Adams puppeteer David Lane premieres “The Belly of Paris,” a puppet adaptation of same-named Emile Zola’s novel, at The Adams Theater this Saturday, with shows at 3pm and 7:30pm. The company, Compagnie Zola, developed it during residencies at the theater. The story of the show follows...

Adams, MA · 1d

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Springfield Symphony Orchestra Welcomes Benjamin Quick to Organization

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) announced that Benjamin Quick has joined the organization as Grant Strategy and Management specialist, with a directive to pursue major grants, institutional funding, and transformational giving. Quick previously served as executive director of the Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club for the past decade,...

Springfield, MA · 2d

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Hindu families gather in Agawam to celebrate Diwali

AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – Families from across western Massachusetts and Connecticut gathered at a local temple in Agawam to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights and the start of the New Year. The celebration brought together community members dressed in traditional clothing for a holiday that symbolizes the...

Agawam, MA · 3d

theberkshireedge.com

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BITS & BYTES November 12, 2026: What’s happening in the Berkshires and beyond!

Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Shakespeare & Company. Lenox— From November 19th through the 22nd, Shakespeare & Company presents the 38th annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare. Since 1988, Shakespeare & Company’s Education Program has brought together high school students from across the region to introduce and nurture a love...

Lenox, MA · 2d

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Agawam Veterans Day observances to begin with bridge wreath laying

AGAWAM, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Veterans Day observances in Agawam will begin with a wreath-laying ceremony at 7 a.m. at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, also known as the Strathmore Bridge. The Veterans’ Council will place a wreath in the middle of the bridge, where Agawam and West Springfield meet. The...

Agawam, MA · 3d

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Springfield celebrates Veterans Day with parade

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The city of Springfield held its annual Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday, bringing residents, veterans, and local leaders together to honor those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. The procession featured community groups, youth organizations, musical performers, and city officials. Spectators lined the...

Springfield, MA · 2d

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Historic Springfield church sees restoration progress after tornado damage

Springfield city officials are scheduled to provide an update on the $2.6 million restoration and stabilization project for the historic Old First Church that was damaged in the 2011 tornado.

Springfield, MA · 4d

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Old traditions are on display at the New England Fiber Festival

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The New England Fiber Festival at the Eastern States Exposition wrapped up this past weekend highlighting a universal message for all attendees to “touch the fiber, touch the wool.”. This year’s festival featured 150 exhibitors, including farmers working some of the last remaining agricultural lands...

West Springfield, MA · 2d

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PREVIEW: TLI presents Grammy-winning Imani Winds Sunday, Nov. 15

Lenox — Imani Winds won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium with the album “Passion for Bach and Coltrane.” They are a daring lot, to say the least, and they will demonstrate their artistic bravery at Tanglewood’s Linde Center on Sunday, November 15, at 3 p.m., when they perform a program that blends works from the standard repertoire with pieces the group has recently commissioned.

Lenox, MA · 2d

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A dinosaur is coming to Cornwall

On Saturday, Nov. 14, Cornwall Town Hall will be the coolest place in the county. Lou Barlow, of the rock bands Dinosaur Jr., the Folk Implosion and Sebadoh, will be joined by Attawalpa’s Luis Felber and hauntingly raw singer-songwriter Amelia Jackie as they transform the official administrative building into a rockin’ music venue.

Cornwall, CT · 3d

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Eli Eats Blue Lobster and Sees Everything Seafood

Fall break is a much anticipated reprieve from college life, but it can also be a bit bizarre, especially if one is staying on campus to shoot their film project. It then gets really weird if that aforementioned project wraps by Saturday eve, meaning that one has three full days with nothing on the horizon. The campus is, in the words of ska revival band The Specials, “like a ghost town.” Friends have departed for warmer pastures. Professors are professing. There’s actually nothing to do, except Uber to the closest theater, the Picture Show in Berlin, Conn. (rest in peace Metro Movies), to see “You Can See Everything.” The good news is that, on the way, you can get lobster.

Berlin, CT · 4d

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Cowboy Junkies celebrate 40 years at the Mahaiwe

Now celebrating 40 years, Cowboy Junkies will perform Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The band is celebrating its long career with a triple-vinyl retrospective album called “Open to Beauty,” featuring a selection of songs from 2000 onward, including material from its most recent release, “Such Ferocious Beauty.”

Great Barrington, MA · 3d

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Alma Thomas exhibit at Smith, hip hop legend REKS, Mr. Universe

Hip hop artist REKS joins The Fabulous 413 for discussion and a Live Music Session. At Smith College Art Museum, you still have time to encounter the work of a woman who is singular in perspective and experience. Alma Thomas was an artist of many mediums, but may be best known for her paintings and work with color. We take a tour of the works on display within"Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum " with curator Emma Chubb and guest lecturer Tiffany Barber, to fill in the holes of her life and career that art History often leaves by the wayside.

Northampton, MA · 4d